SingStar Queen - Stand Alone

by Sony

Product Features

• Sing along with one of the most popular rock bands of all time.
• Game icludes 20 famous tracks with real Queen music videos.
• Compete against your friends and family to see who has the best chance at singing stardom.
• Multiple game play modes including Solo and Freestyle modes.
• Several multiplayer modes including Pass the Mic, Battle and Duet.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001O0EGM8
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 4, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,143 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #20 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Rhythm > Singing & Karaoke
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2

Amazon.com Product Description

Grab a mic and put your spin on some of the most popular songs of the 70s and 80s, if not all time with SingStar Queen. This new release features over 20 full songs and over 20 authentic music videos from the iconic British band's prodigious musical catalog, letting you and others channel Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon as you perform like rock stars from a bygone era. Spark your next party with some of the most popular songs of all time, such as 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' 'We Will Rock You,' 'Tie Your Mother Down,' 'We Are The Champions' and many more with SingStar Queen. Song List Another One Bites The Dust Bohemian Rhapsody Breakthru Crazy Little Thing Called Love Don’t Stop Me Now Fat Bottomed Girls I Want It All I Want To Break Free Innuendo One Vision Play The Game Save Me Somebody To Love These Are The Days Of Our Lives Tie Your Mother Down Under Pressure We Are The Champions We Will Rock You Who Wants To Live Forever You’re My Best Friend Key Game Features: 20 famous tracks with real Queen music videos. Over 20 authentic music videos spanning spanning Queen's career. Compete against your friends and family to see who has the best chance at singing stardom. Multiple game play modes including Solo and Freestyle modes, plus several Multiplayer modes including Pass the Mic, Battle and Duet. Players: Offline 1-2, 2-8 (multitap) Peripherals: SingStar Microphones (required), SingStar USB Converter (required), EyeToy USB Camera, Memory Card (8MB). Screenshots: Easy song selection. View larger. Single player mode. View larger. Several multiplayer modes. View larger.

Product Description

Grab a mic and put your spin on some of the most popular songs of all time with SingStar Queen. This new release features over 20 authentic music videos for the iconic band's most popular songs, letting you and others perform like musical rock stars. Spark your party with some of music's most popular songs of all time, such as 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'We Will Rock You', and 'We Are The Champions'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What happened with this game, Sony?, September 14, 2009

By 

Kevin T. Burchett "Kevin Burchett" (central Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SingStar Queen - Stand Alone (Video Game)

Big fan of Queen. And a fan of Singstar. I could nitpick songs in the various editions, but obviously they cast a wide net. Some bits don't work great, like the rapping and some harmony/lead choices, but whatever. Still good fun overall. The Singstar games work well, but...

Singstar: Queen doesn't. At least, not entirely. The problem is the way the sound was mixed/presented. The volume of the tracks are too low to hear over your own voice without hideous reverb from the speakers. I'm not much of a singer, and need to hear the vocals and song to sing along. Once we turn the volume up loud enough to hear the song, we are painfully blasted by our own voices, and not just from being off-key. Mind you, I have made every adjustment in and out of the game to no avail. Turning down the mic to it's lowest doesn't help. We own six other Singstar games, and this is never a problem. There is a very obvious difference from those games to this one.

I sent the first game to Sony after contacting them, and they sent me a new one. It is the same mess of a game. So I can only assume it is a common problem, and now I am out shipping costs to boot.

The game would have been great for any Queen fans who wanted to try to match their skills against Mr. Mercury, but this is ruined by this volume balance issue. It simply makes it no fun to play. A shame, really, because these are great songs. I hate to say it, but this game seems like it was made lazily without any concern for quality.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars will never put it on again., March 17, 2010

By 

May Pester - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: SingStar Queen - Stand Alone (Video Game)

Must copy this from "Kevin Burchett's" review because I have exactly the same issue, which renders the disc unplayable. My husband and I love Queen and could not wait to get this product and now we can't play it.
"The problem is the way the sound was mixed/presented. The volume of the tracks are too low to hear over your own voice without hideous reverb from the speakers. I'm not much of a singer, and need to hear the vocals and song to sing along. Once we turn the volume up loud enough to hear the song, we are painfully blasted by our own voices, and not just from being off-key. Mind you, I have made every adjustment in and out of the game to no avail. Turning down the mic to it's lowest doesn't help. We own six other Singstar games, and this is never a problem. There is a very obvious difference from those games to this one."
I would give all the other Singstar games 4 or 5 starts and would expect this one to be at least a 4 but I can't do it.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You can be a champion, too, with Singstar Queen!, August 6, 2009

By 

K.T. May "Kailyn" (New York) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SingStar Queen - Stand Alone (Video Game)

Have you ever sang along into your hair brush, pretending to be Freddie Mercury? Did you ever want to just jam with the band? Well, then you should check out Singstar: Queen Edition!

Just like all the other Singstar games, nothing in this game changes, save for new songs and videos. If you're quite content with the current layout of the Singstar games, then you won't mind that factor. Sometimes, it's okay to leave things with the same structure and just change up the elements!

Same as the other Singstar games, you will access a menu of different album covers from which you can pick the tune you would like to sing. The video will then come on and the lyrics will be underneath. The colored bars will fill up as you sing along and the length of the bars will let you know how long to hold the notes for, or how high or low to go. Their scaling method isn't exactly precise but it does help you figure out generally which notes to go higher or lower on.

If you do not already have the microphones to plug into the Playstation 2, then you will need to acquire them since this is a stand-alone game that does not come with the microphones. The Singstar franchise is now sticking to releasing more stand-alone games, which is just fine if you already have the microphones. This way you don't have to worry about having to buy them each time and having all this extra equipment taking up space that you'll never use. Plus, the games are cheaper without the extras!

The songs in this collection are quite solid and encompass a good deal of Queen's greatest hits collection. It would have been nice to see "Radio Ga-Ga" or maybe even "Body Language" in there, but this is not a bad selection otherwise.

If you're a Queen fan, a Playstation 2 fan, and a Karaoke fan, or even just one of the above, consider trying out this game. Singstar games are a lot of fun and now that they are tailoring the games to be more band-oriented, you can more easily choose a game that you know you will enjoy, instead of a compilation where you like three of the songs and the rest are just terrible. Go ahead, give it a shot!

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